DDoS Defense Engineering Manager: Cloud-Scale Leadership

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to guide a team focused on AWS Shield’s DDoS detection and mitigation systems. The role emphasizes building scalable, real‑time threat protection services and owning the end‑to‑end operational excellence for protecting AWS infrastructure.

You will collaborate with product, security, and networking teams to translate customer needs into actionable engineering deliverables and drive architectural decisions at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams.
• Experience in building and delivering multi‑tier web services.
• Ability to partner with product and program management.
• Strong knowledge of engineering practices and CI/CD and livesite operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of software engineers building AWS Shield’s DDoS detection and mitigation systems.
• Define technical strategy and roadmap for real‑time threat protection services.
• Drive architecture decisions for distributed systems at massive scale.
• Own operational excellence including high availability, low latency, and rapid incident response.
• Partner with product, security, and networking teams to translate customer needs into deliverables.

Skills

Engineering management

Software development

Multi‑tier web services

Cross‑functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to guide a team focused on AWS Shield’s DDoS detection and mitigation systems. The role emphasizes building scalable, real‑time threat protection services and owning the end‑to‑end operational excellence for protecting AWS infrastructure.

You will collaborate with product, security, and networking teams to translate customer needs into actionable engineering deliverables and drive architectural decisions at scale.